Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.
Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man.
When Duty whispers low, read more
So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man.
When Duty whispers low, Thou must,
The youth replies, I can.
The hero is not fed on sweets,
Daily his own heart he eats;
Chambers of the great read more
The hero is not fed on sweets,
Daily his own heart he eats;
Chambers of the great are jails,
And head-winds right for royal sails.
It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.
It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.
Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
Conversation is a game of circles.
Conversation is a game of circles.
I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community
can constitute a state. I think we read more
I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community
can constitute a state. I think we must get rid of slavery or we
must get rid of freedom.
